Romans 9
1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me testimony in the Holy Spirit,
2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
That I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart;
3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
for I could wish myself to be accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh;
4 Who are Israelites; to whom [pertaineth] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;
who are Israelites, to whom belong the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises;
5 Whose [are] the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ [came], who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
to whom belong the fathers, and of whom is the Christ, as it respects the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they [are] not all Israel, which are of Israel:
It is not possible that the word of God has failed; for they are not all Israel who are of Israel.
7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Nor, because they are the posterity of Abraham, are they all children: but in Isaac shall your posterity be called.
8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
That is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the posterity.
9 For this [is] the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
For the word of the promise is this: At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 And not only [this]; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac;
Not only so, but when Rebecca had conceived by one, even our father Isaac,
11 (For [the children] being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth; )
(the children, indeed, having not yet been born, and having done neither good nor evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calls, )
12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger;
13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
as it is written: Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What shall we say then? [Is there] unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
What, then, shall we say? Is there unrighteousness with. God? It can not be.
15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
For he says to Moses: I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy; and I will show compassion to whom I will show compassion.
16 So then [it is] not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Therefore, it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy.
17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
For the scripture says to Pharaoh: For this very purpose have I raised you up, that I may show in you my power, and that my name may be published in all the earth.
18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will [have mercy], and whom he will he hardeneth.
Therefore, he has mercy on whom he wills to have mercy: and whom he wills to harden, he hardens.
19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
You will then say to me, Why does he yet find fault? For who has resisted his will?
20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed [it], Why hast thou made me thus?
No, but rather, O man, who are you that dispute with God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed, it, Why have you made me thus?
21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Has not the potter power over the clay, to make from the same mass one vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
22 [What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
What, then, if God, intending to show his wrath, and to make his power known, yet, in much long-suffering bore with the vessels of wrath fitted for destruction:
23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
and, that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy which he before prepared for glory, showed mercy to us,
24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
whom he has called, not only from among the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
As he says also in Hosea: I will call that my people which is not my people, and her beloved, who was not beloved.
26 And it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
And it shall come to pass, that, in the place where it was said to them: You are not my people, there shall they be called the sons of the living God.
27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
But Isaiah cries concerning Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28 For he will finish the work, and cut [it] short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
for his word he fulfills, and he decrees in righteousness; for his word that is decreed, will the Lord execute upon the land.
29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
And as Isaiah said before: Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a posterity, we should have been like Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah.
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
What, then, shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not seek after justification, have obtained justification, even the justification which is by faith:
31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
but Israel, who sought after a law of justification, has not attained to a law of justification.
32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as if by works of law: for they stumbled against that stone of stumbling,
33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
as it is written: Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense: and whoever believes on him, shall not be ashamed.
